Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 24

अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः । परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्

avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ | paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam

Translation

The foolish regard Me as the unmanifested coming into manifestation, knowing not My higher, immutable, unsurpassed nature.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

avyaktam

unmanifest

vyaktim

to manifestation

āpannam

arrived

manyante

think

mām

me

abuddhayaḥ

irrational

param

highest

bhāvam

nature

ajānantaḥ

unknowing

mama

my

avyayam

imperishable

anuttamam

best

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Not knowing My higher nature as the Supreme Self, the ignorant think that I have just now come into manifestation, having been unmanifested hitherto, though I am the ever luminous Lord.